Your Host:

My love for eating and living well will be apparent in our time together. It's hardly necessary for you to be a food and wine aficionado. But, you must love to eat & drink!

I am your guide and founder of Travel With Taste, Kathy McAree. After travelling the world on culinary tours and attending cooking schools, I realize that I have the best of culinary experiences right in my own back yard. I have extensively researched south Vancouver Island and have chosen only its best to share with you. I have worked on culinary tours in Italy learning what culinary travelers seem to look for:

great food and wine,

a fun and comfortable atmosphere, and

a unique and memorable experience.

I customize tours to suit your needs - individuals, groups, corporate meetings - and always end up with very happy clients indeed! I work with many organizations to promote our area's wonderful culinary bounty as a Director of the British Columbia Culinary Tourism Society and a board member of the International Culinary Tourism Association. I am always pleased to speak on culinary tourism, so please feel free to contact me to attend your next meeting or event.

Accommodations:

Book your accommodations at one of Victoria's luxurious and comfortable ocean view hotels or Bed & Breakfasts.

Conde Nast Traveler magazine's Readers Choice Awards named Victoria "best city in the Americas" and Vancouver Island "top North American Island". Travel and Leisure's World's Best Awards ranks Victoria as the "number eight city to visit in the United States and Canada" and ranks Vancouver Island the "number one island to visit in the continental US and Canada". We have so much to offer! Victoria, located at the southern most tip of Vancouver Island, has a very favorable climate in one of Canada's mildest areas. Victoria has very low humidity with offshore breezes keeping summer days from becoming too hot. Average temperatures range from high sixties to low seventies. Our summer weather is so comfortable ... we're a perfect vacation destination!

For information on Victoria, British Columbia, click here http://www.tourismvictoria.com

A song and dance at The Marley Farm Winery with, from right to left,Sandrina Kiltz of Blue Grouse Vineyard, Michael Marley himself and Dave Godfrey of Godfrey-Brownell Vineyard.

Vancouver Island has excellent growing conditions
for many varieties of grapes; ortega, pinot noir,
chardonnay, auxerrois, bacchus, gewürztraminer
and more.

The sightseeing on Vancouver Island is nothing short of impressive! Our trips are gastronomic delights and scenic adventures, too, with a beautiful sunset at the end of each special day.

A song and dance at The Marley Farm Winery with, from right to left,Sandrina Kiltz of Blue Grouse Vineyard, Michael Marley himself and Dave Godfrey of Godfrey-Brownell Vineyard.

Vancouver Island has excellent growing conditions for many varieties of grapes; ortega, pinot noir, chardonnay, auxerrois, bacchus, gewürztraminer and more.

The sightseeing on Vancouver Island is nothing short of impressive! Our trips are gastronomic delights and scenic adventures, too, with a beautiful sunset at the end of each special day.

Vancouver Island has excellent growing conditions
for many varieties of grapes; ortega, pinot noir,
chardonnay, auxerrois, bacchus, gewürztraminer
and more.